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Phil King of Weekend Engineering returned to give Elecia advice on how to fabricate a board, both in a professional capacity and for garage projects.\xa0

EaglePCB is a\xa0commercial package which is also available as a free, noncommercial version for small 2-layer boards.\xa0Other open source packages mentioned include Kicad\xa0and\xa0gEDA. Some board fabricators provide free tools that work only with their fab houses (such asExpressPCB). \xa0Digikey's\xa0SchemeIt\xa0\xa0provides a way to get a PDF schematic (and a BOM), but falls down by not providing a way to generate a net list, a critical part of board fabrication.

PCB West\xa0is this week at the Santa Clara convention center.

How Printed Circuit Boards are Designed (1960 Edition)

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Hildy\xa0 Licht\xa0electronic assembly and manufacturing